Even Gifted Kids Take a Break Once In a While

Everyone pretty much knows that I have my wife playing with Parker as much as she can while I am away from the hospital with this cold. Regularly, pictures are taken to show me what they have done recently. Parker has shown us all that he is a very strong and intelligent little boy. He has no problem raising his head up during 'tummy time' to scope around his room. Today, Parker showed us that if you are going to work hard, then you must take a break once in a while. The little monkey realised that if you put your hands under your chin, you can rest your head on them.

There was an article on the front page of the Peterborough Examiner this morning about Parker's battle with ADA. It was a wonderful article and I would like to thank the people at the Examiner for writing it. I also spoke with 980 Kruz yesterday, as they have also decided to let the people of Peterborough know about Parker. I have to say that the Peterborough area is full of very caring people, and it is so nice how they group together as a community to help others. My wife grew up in the Peterborough area and her parents have resided there for some time now.

Again, I want to thank everyone who comes to this site to learn about Severe Combined Immunodefiency and our family's dealings with it. I know that we are definately moving in the right direction with gene therapy. Although it currently looks like a cure to children who are adenosine deaminase deficient, the work done by these pioneers are going to be extremely important as we move toward a cure for diseases that affect a greater percent of the population like AIDs.